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CONTAINING THE 


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ADOPTED SEPTEMBER, 1872. 


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COLLECTIONS. 


The General Ass>mbly recommends collections to be taken 
in all the churches, as follows:—For 


SUSTENTATION, on the first Sabbath in anertee 
PUBLICATION. on the first Sabbath in March. 
FOREIGN Missions, 02 the first Sabbath in May. 
INVALID FUND, on the first Sabbath in July. 
EVANGELIZATION, On the first Sabbath in September. 
EpucaTIon, on the first Sabbath in November. 


The Presbytery aiso directs that each of its churches contrib- 
ute on or before the 1st of April annually, to the Presbyterial 
Evangelist fund. a sum equal to fifty cents for each resident com- 
municant. 


Standing Zules, 


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rultural Resources. 


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STANDING RULES. 


Section |. Devotional Exercises and Free 
Conversation. 

Rue 1. A portion of the morning commencing 
at 10 o’clock of the second day of the stated sess- 
ions of the Presbytery, shall be spent in devotional 
exercises. 

2. During the stated sessions of the Presbytery 
recess shall be taken for the purpose of attending 
worship with the congregation. 

3 At every stated meeting of the Presbytery 
preceding the mecting of the Synod, and of the 
General Assembly. there shall be a Free Conversa- 
tion on the state of religion within its bounds, for 
the purpose of drawing up a Narrative, in accord- 
ance with the r-quirement of both of these bodies. 

4. The special subjects of inquiry in the Free 
Conversation shall be: regularity and average 
atte.dance upon the public services of the Sanc- 
tuary; prayer meetings; observance of the Sab- 
bath, of family worship, and of the monthly con- 


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cert of prayer for Foreign Missions; Bible Classes, | 
and Sabbath Schools; religious instruction of the’ 
colored people; number of conversions and addi-} 
tions to the church by profession; contributions | 
for the benevolent operations of the church; 
weekly offerings, and any facts going to show the | 
spiritual growth or decline of the church. | 


Section Il. Church Sessions. 


5. The churches under our care having pastors | 
or stated supplies, are required to report annually | 
to the Presbytery respecting the fulfilment of their 
reciprocal duties, and engagements; and due rec- | 
ord thereof shall be spread annually on the Session 
Book of each congregation, specifying in every 
case the sum paid, and arrearages, if any, that 
may be due from the people to their respective 
ministers. 


6. Church Sessions are hereby required to pre- 
sent their Records at each stated meeting of the ' 
Presbytery that immediately precedes the meeting 
of the General Assembly, for the purpose of 
review. 

7. Inasmuch as provision for its poor members 
is an important duty of each congregation, the 
roll shall be called and inquiry made at every sta- 


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ted meeting, to ascertain if there be any poor 
belonging to our churches who are supported by 
public charity. 

8. The churches under the care of the Presby- 
tery are directed to make provisions in accordance 
with Chap. XXII, Art. 3, of the Form of Govern- 
ment, for defraying the traveling expenses of their 
ministers and ruling elders respectively, to the 
meetings of the Presbytery and Synod: Each 
pastor and stated supply is hereby directed to 
bring this subject to the notice of the church or 
churches to which he ministers. And each church 
shall be called upon at each stated meeting of the 
Presbytery to report as to its compliance with the 
foregoing rule. 

9. In each case in which a church reports a fail- 
ure to pay punctually to its pastor or stated sup- 
ply, the salary promised, the church so failing 
shall be summoned to appear by its representa- 
tives, or commission before the Presbytery, and 
show cause for such failure. 

10. The Presbytery will entertain no call from, 
and grant no stated supplies to any church in ar- 
rears for ministerial services, except in cases in 
which satisfactory reasons are presented to the 
Presbytery. 


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11. Ministers and congregations have no au- 
thority to change the conditions of a call, or of a | 
stated supply; and the Presbytery will recognize 
no such alterations. 

12. The Presbytery asserts and maintains its 
authority over the relation of stated supply and 
congregation; and the relation is to be formed 
only by the consent of the Presbytery, or in the 
interim, by the consent of the Agent of Sustenta- 
tion, subject to the endorsement of the Presby- 
tery. (See Rule 35.) 

13. Church Sessions shall report and transmit 
promptly to the Treasurer of the Presbytery all 
monies collected for the benevolent objects of the 
church, as ordered by the General Assembly. 

14. It is required of each Session to send regu- 


larly a representative to the meetings of our 
church courts. 


Section Ill. Missionary and Evangelistic 
Labor. 

15. The Presbytery shall be divided into two 
missionary fields by the following line, viz: the 
eastern boundaries of Caswell. Alamance, and 
Chatham Counties, each to be occupied by an 
evangelist, as soon as a competent support can be 
guaranteed. 


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16. The attention of the evangelist shall be di- 
rected first to the vacant churches of his field, and 
then to other points of interest as he may have an 
opportunity, unless otherwise directed by the 
Presbytery, or in the interim of the meetings of 
the Presbrtery, by the directions of the Agent of 
Sustentation. 

17. As faras practicable each church and mis 
sionary station shall have preaching twice a month 
once on a Sabbath, and once on a week-day. In 
order to accomplish this, the evangelist will be 
expected to have these appointments each week 
at different points, one of which shall be on the 
Sabbath; and each minister of the Presbytery 
shall go out at least four times a year, twice in 
the interval between the regular meetings of the 
Presbytery; which visits shall include at least 
two Sabbaths. The labor of the latter as above 
enjoined, as to time and place, shall be under the 
directions of the evangelist And their necessary 
expenses shall be defrayed out of the presbyterial 
evangelist fund. 

18. In order to raise the necessary funds to car- 
ry out this scheme successfully, ministers, ruling 
elders, and deacons in the churches respectively 
are urged tu adopt some plan whereby an amount 


of money be raised which shall equal jifty cents 
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for each resident communicant, and that this 
special cause be commended to the notice and 
christian zeal of our female members. And the 
roll shall be called at each stated meeting to ascer- 
tain whether the churches have complied with this 
requirement. 

19. Any missionary church or station persist- 
ently refusing or neglecting to contribute to the 
evangelist fund, shall forfeit all claims to the spe- 
cial benefits which this plan is designed to secure. 

20. The evangelist is recommended to hold at 
least once a year, protracted services at his vari- 
ous regular preaching places, and especially, and 
if possible, more frequently, at the more promis- 
ing points. 

21. The evangelist shall organize weekly prayer 
meetings and Sabbath Schools, wherever it is 
possible. 

22. The evangelist is urged to acquaint himself 
with the condition and wants of his field; with 
the persons ana families resident therein, so far 
as possible, and by his social and christian inter- 
course, by the distribution of Bibles, and other 
religious books and tracts, and by the circulation 
of our church papers, and by any other proper 
means within his reach, endeavor to disseminate 


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the knowledge an4 spread the influence of scrip- 
tural religion and gospel truth. 

23. The evangelist shall make a full report in 
writing of his labors, and the prospects of doing 
good in his field, to the Presbytery at each of its 
regular meetings 


Section IV. Standing and other Com- 

mittees. 

24, The Presbytery will examine candidates on 
the following subjects: 

a. Geography, Ancient and Modern; General 
History; the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Langua- 
ges; Mathematics; Elements of Physical Scien- 
ces, viz: Nat. Philosophy, Chemistry, Astron- 
omy, Geology, &c.; Mental Philosophy, Moral 
Science and Logic. These examinations shall be 
conducted by committees who shall report to the 
Presbytery. 

6. The examination on Theology, Natural and 
Revealed; on Ecclesiastical History; on the Sa- 
craments and Church Government; shall be con- 
ducted by standing committees in open Presby- 
tery: each member of the Presbytery to exercise 
his right cf asking what questions he may please 
after the committees have concluded. 

25. The Presbytery shall be divided into eight 


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standing committees, as follows; and when the 
Presbytery has convened, the moderator shall 
have power to fill all vacancies, for the time being, 
and to appoint one ruling elder on each com- 
mitte, viz : 

1st Committee: On Geography. Ancient and Modern; Gene- 
ral History. 

2nd Committee: On Latin; Latin Exegesis; Critical Exercise. 

3rd Committee: On Greek, Hebrew, Logic. 

4th Committee: On Mathematics; Elements of the Physical 
Sciences, viz: Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, 
Geology. &c. 

5th Committee: On Mental Philosophy, Moral Science. 

6th Committee: On Theology, Natural and Revealed. 

7th Committee: On Ecclesiastical History. 

8th Committee: On Church Government, the Sacraments. 

26. The pastor or stated supply of the congre- 
gatiou within whose bounds the Presbytery may 
meet, shall be required to have such books in 
readiness as may be necessary for the examina- 
tion of candidates. 

27. This Presbytery will conduct the cause of 
Education in accordance with the General Assem- 
bly’s plan; and an Executive Committee shall be 
appointed to act in concert with the Assembly’s 
Committee of Education. 

28. The Executive Committee of Education 
shall notice in their semi-annual reports, the names 


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of all the unlicensed candidates for the ministry 
under the care of this Presbytery, 4nd give some 
account of the progress that each candidate has 
made in his studies. 


29. No candidate shall receive aid from the 
Education Committee before he places himself 
under the care of the Presbytery. 


30. At each Fall meeting of the Presbytery two 
committees shall be appointed: one to prepare a 
Narrative, and one a report on Systematic Benev- 
olence for the Synod. And this latter committee 
shall be required to make out an additional report 
to be spread upon the records of the Presbytery. 

31. In this last report each church shall be men- 
tioned by name. . Those which have contributed 
to any or all of the committees of the Assembly 
shall be mentioned, and the objects to which 
they have contributed shall also be specified. It 
-shallthen be the duty of the Stated Clerk to 
write to the Session of each church that has failed 
to contribute to any os to all the Committees of 
) the Assembly and remind them of their delin- 
quencies. And this notice of the Stated Clerk 
shall be read from the pulpit of each congrega- 
tion to which it is sent. 

32. At each stated meeting of the Presbytery 


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that immediately precedes the meeting of the 
General Assembly, two committees shall be ap- 
pointed to review Sessional records: one com- 
mittee to prepare a Narrative; one committee to 
prepare a report on Systematic Benevolence; and 
oce committee to prepare a report on Evangelistic 
labor for the General Assembly. 


Ssction V. Agents and Trustees. 


33. This Presbytery places itself in full connex- 
ion with the Sustentation Committee of the Gen- 
eral Assembly, and will operate according to the 
plan of that committee, through an Agent. There- 
fore this Presbytery will appoint at its Spring 
meeting, one minister to be called the Presbyte- 
rial Agent of Sustentation, whose duty it shall 


be to have the oversight and conduct of the mis-. 


sionary work within its bounds in accordance 
with the General Assembly’s plan of Sustentation, 
and under the regulations of its Executive Com- 
mittee. 

34. This Agent shall include in his charge, be- 
side Sustentation proper, the Relief of Disabled 


Ministers, Church Extension, and the Supply, or — 
nomination of supplies to vacant churches, and | 
shall report in full of all his operations at every | 


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35. This Agent shall also make every lawful 
effort which may in his judgment seem practicable 
to supply the vacant churches and missionary 
fields with the regular ministry of the word, and 
to secure systematic and liberal contributions to 
the Sustentation cause from every church and 


_missionary station in the Presbytery. 


36. The Presbytery shall appoint one of its 
members to look after the interests of the Publi- 
cation cause within its bounds, and to be corres- 
ponding member of the Assembly’s Committee. 
And it shall be the duty of said appointee to look 
out and recommend to the Assembly’s Committee 
suitable agents to carry our books to the doors of 
our people, and to distribute tracts, Bibles, and 
small volumes among the ignorant and destitute 
throughout the bounds of the Presbytery. 

37. Pastors and stated supplies are directed to 


‘send to the Presbyterial Agent of Publication, at 


least two weeks before the Fail meeting, statistics 
on the following items within their congregations 
on which he has to report to this Presbytery, viz: 
Books and tracts of our committee sold or circu- 
lated, colporters, or book-distributors employe, 

funds raised for the Committee of Publication in 


Richmond, and similar statistics within their 


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knowledge in the missionary fields, within their 
missionary pastorates. 

38. A Presbyterial Agent of Foreign Missions 
and another of Sabbath Schools shall be appointed 
in response to the resolutions of the General As- 
sembly. 

39. The Chairman of the Executive Committee 
of Education, and the Agents of Sustentation, 
Foreign Missions, Publication, and Sabbath 
Schools are instructed to draw on the Treasurer 
for an amount sufficient to defray the expenses of 
their respective agencies. 

40. The Presbyterial Agent for Publication and 
Colportage, and also the Agent for Foreign Mis- 
sions, are required to make an annual report in 
writing, on the subject of their agencies respect- 
ively at each Fall meeting. 

41. At every Spring meeting, five persons shall 
be appointed to prepare historical sketches of five 
of the churches of this Presbytery respectively. 

42. This Presbytery shall elect a Board of Trus- 
tees of Orange Presbytery, which board shall be © 
composed of five persons who are members in good 
and regular standing in the Presbyterian Church, 
and shall hold in trust for the Presbytery all prop- 
erty in church lots and buildings, not otherwise 


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secured ; and all legacies and bequests which may 
be willed to the Presbytery in behalf of charitable 
and other objects under its ccntrol. 

43. This Presbytery accepts the proposition of 
Concord Presbytery to take part in the government 
of Davidson College, and willregularly, at proper 
times, elect three Trustees of that Institution. 


Section VI. Licentiates. 


44. When a candidate for the ministry is licen- 
sed to preach the gospel, the moderator shall, in 
the name of the Presbytery, present him with a 
copy of the Holy Scriptures. 

_ 45, All licentiates under the care of the Pres- 
-bytery, are required to be present at its stated 
meetings, and give an account of their labors. 
And if a licentiate is necessarily absent from a 
stated meeting, it shall be his duty to send a writ- 
ten report of the manner in which he has been 
occupied. 


Section VIl. Finance--Treasurer. 
46. At each stated meeting of the Presbytery, 
‘that immediately precedes the meeting of the 
General Assembly, the Treasurer shall be required 
to present his accounts to the Presbytery with 
the proper voucbers. And the said papers shall 
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be audited by a committee appointed for the 
purpose. And at each stated meeting the Treas- 
urer shall report every church that has failed to 
pay its presbyterial assessments. 

47. The Presbytery will raise annually by assess- 
ment on the churches a fund to be called the Pres- 
byterial Fund. Of this fund the Treasurer shall 
pay annually: 

a. To the Contingent fund of the General As- 
sembly, the annual assessment on this Presbytery. 

6. The annual traveling expenses of its Com- 
missioners to the General Assembly. 

c. The contingent expenses of the Presbytery, 
as; the salary of the Stated Clerk, postage, &c. 

d. The quota of this Presbytery to the contin- 
gent expenses of the Synod. 

e. The traveling expenses of those directors of 
Union Theological Seminary, who have been ap- 
pointed from this Presbytery. | 

J. For the printing of the Minutes of the Pres- 
bytery. 

g. The expenses of the Executive Committee of 
Education, and the expenses of the Agents of Sus- 
tentation, Foreign Missions, Publication and Sab- 
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Davidson College, who have been elected by the 
Presbytery. 

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bytery may direct. 

48. The Treasurer shall procure, and forward 
copies of the Minutes of the General Assembly to 
every minister, licentiate, and ruling elder in the 
Presbytery. 


Secticn VIII. Duties of Statec Clerk. 


49. It shall be the duty of the Stated Clerk to 
send to each church Session, between the jirst and 
the tenth of March of each year, a blank for a 
Sessional report, and a blank for a Sabbath School 
report. And it shall be the duty of each Session 
to fill out these reports on the first day of April 
of each year, and return them to the Stated Clerk 
immediately. 


50. The Stated Clerk shall precure blanks for 
Sessional reports on the Sabbath School work, to 
be sent out by him to the churches. in company 
with the blanks for statistical Sessional reports. 

And he shall keep on hard a supply of all such 
other blanks as may be necessary to make Pres- 
byterial reports to the General Assembly. And 

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purchased from the Committee of Publication in 
Richmond. 

51. The Stated Clerk shall be required to write 
to each of the delinquent churches and inform 
them of the amount of their debts and request 
payment 

52. The Stated Clerk shall send a copy of the 
Docket for the Presbytery, to the pastor of the 
church where it is to convene, at least one week 
previous to the time appointed for the meeting. 

53. When the Minutes of the Presbytery are 
printed in pamphlet form, the Stated Clerk shall 
be required to send a copy ‘of the same to the 
Treasurer for preservation. 


Section IX. Miscellaneous. 


54. All standing rules shall be introduced with 
these, or some such words to denote that they are 
standing rules, viz: ‘‘ Resolved that it be astand- 
ing rule of this Presbytery, that, &c.”’ 

55. The rules app -nded to the Form of Govern- 
ment entitled ‘‘General Rules for Judicatories ”’ 
are hereby adopted as standing rules for the gov- 
ernment of this Presbytery. 

56. In choosing a moderator, the persons to be 
voted for shall first be nominated. After the 
nominations are all made, the roll is to be called 


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by the Stated Clerk, and no person is to be voted 
for unless he has been previously nominated. A 
plurality of votes shall decide the election. 

57. At each stated meeting the moderator shall 
call on all ministers present, who are marked as 
absentees, to state their reasons for any previous 
failure to attend. Ifno motion is made expres- 
sive of disapprobation, the reasons assigned shall 
be deemed satisfactory. 

58. Commissioners to the General Assembly 
shall be nominated at least one day before the 
election. 

59. The Minutes of each stated meeting shall 
‘be published with such exceptions as a majority 
of the Presbytery may direct. 

60. It shall require two-thirds of all the mem- 

bers present to suspend, amend, or abolish a 
standing rule. 


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HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL 
OUTLINE. 


The Presbytery of Orange was set off from Han- 
over Presbytery. by the Synod of New York and 
Philadelphia. in the year 1770. On the ji7th day 
of September of that year the following ministers 
met at Hawfield’s Church in Alamance County 
and constituted the Presbytery: viz: Rev. Messrs. 
Hugh McAden, Henry Patillo, James Criswell, 
David Caldwell, Joseph Alexander, Hezekiah 
Balch and Hezekiah J. Balch. Mr. Patillo 
preached the opening sermon. 

The boundaries of the Presbytery were left un- 
defined except on the North by the State line. In 
1786 the Synod of the Carolinas set off the Presby- 
tery of Concord on the West, dividing it from Or- 
ange by a line running along the Yadkin River, 
In the vear 1813 the Presbytery of Fayetteville 
was organized, embracing the South-Eastern por- 
tion of the State between the Yadkin River and 
the Ocean. The Territory of Orange Presbytery 


at present therefore lies in the North-Eastern part 
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of the State between the Yadkin River and the 
Ocean. 

Its precise boundaries may be traced on any late 
map of North Carolina, by observing that they 
define that section of the State which contains the 
following counties, and parts of counties, viz: 
Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, 
Chatham, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Davidson, 
Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gates, Granville, 
Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Hertford. Hyde, so 
much of Johnston and Lenoir, as lies North of Neuse 
River, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Orange, Pas- 
quotank, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Randolph, 
Rockingham, Stokes, Surrey, Tyrell, Wake, War- 
ren, Washington, so much of Wayne, as lies North 
of Neuse River, eacept the town of Goldsboro’, Wil- 
son, and Yadkin. 


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ROLL OF THE CHURCHES. 


ACCORDING TO DATE OF ORGANIZATION, WITH ADDRESS 
OF CLERK OF SESSION, OR MODERATOR. 


1. GER ARBY CREHRA 22% cee 5 is PRUE es 1753 
Rey. D. E. Jordan, Oxford. 


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G. W. White. Mebaneville. 
JT Ee Se eer Oe ... 1755 
Jno. P. Rainey. Milton 
ee «eR ee .. 1755 
. W. Hughes, Cedar Grove 
TS eer eo ic Res. Sh 2 
No Session 
PA... Ss eR eee 1756 
David Wharton. Greensboro’. 
Pera... . | (oe Oe eee 1757 
R. A. Bullock, Williamsboro’. 
BEM MVEGL 2. la. ha Oe 23 1759 
No Session 
Lrrece River, ..-:. eae, ieee 1761 
Hugh Woods, Hillsboro’. 
ALAMANCE, : 32, Pare ». > TRS 
J. W. Gilmer. Gilmer’s Store. 
BrerHESDA; .... . ye eee ae er SN 1765 
Stephen Neal. Locust Hill 
RweiInWeGME 9S. oS EB eas 1770 
Rey. C. N. Morrow, Oaks. 
in fin) Re-organized 1825 
Wm. P. Morrow. Oaks. 
CPE (eS RATE rn a Re a ee 1792 
Rey. A. G. Hughes, Mebaneville. 
rman Eowetre. 2.2 2G 082 2 50a tet Pe — 
W. C. Blackwood, 7 ee Hill. 
“> pre ey Ogi, oe. Mi ek ee —— 


Rey. J. C. Alexander, Greensboro’. 


ve CHAPEL Pigg. ois. ie oe. 2 eee 
W. S. Kirkland, Chapel Hill. 
18; RAVMMGH +2252. 22.4 eee Jan. 21. 
W. H. Crow, Rale‘gh. 
29. IGUSBORO.. Leb: 2h <2) ee ee July, 
Thomas Webb, Hillsboro’. 
20: (NeWREEN, £250 22.) 2.5 oo Sone 
Geo. Allen, Newbern. 
PAS SAR NORD. 28 cee ae ee eee ee 
M. V. Lanier, Oxford. 
29, WASHINGTON, .... ..... 
Joseph Potts, Washington. 
23. GREENSBORO’, ...: ...22 :.5 + 2 ee6me 
Jesse H. Lindsay, Greensboro’. 
24. MURFREESBORO’, .......... . Novas 
No Session 
a NNTAIMON, 5, eae Se eae co Oete 1) 
Jno. W.ison, Milton 
pee EXANGTON S253 oj feces <cipeae July 15, 
W. B. Hamner, Lexington. 
27. WARRENTON, ...... og are: rr ase 
No Sess‘on 
25; LOUISBURG, ....25) ia cap eee May, 
Rey. J. W. Primrose, Manson. 
PO SaILOH. 7). ) 62 oe 2 1 oe 
N. V. Watkins, Sassafras Fork. 
30. AIRFIELD, 2.05. 280482. eee 


Jno. N. Clark. Hillsboro’. 


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Wim. Long. Long’s Mus. 


SLOG E69 0 en a ee 1838 
Dr. N. M. Roan, Yanceyville. 
32. PITTSBORO’, ek ees 1848 
Jno. A. Womack, Pittsboro’. 
San MSHUMBORO. . ... 2022-4. oe Sane 1 Sa0 
D. W. Perter, Asheboro 
METAS A oe one ER. Sy Dec. 8, 1850 
T. G. McLean, Graham. 
35. MADISON, . Nae ere aes 1851 
WB: Gurren Madison. 
36. GENEVA. (Providence, 1832,) ... ..... 1852 
Rey. G. W. Ferrill, Tally Ho. 
See LEANED 82 iets Sate css A>) ee bes SS 1858 
Jno. W. Hodges, Clayton. 
eSNG EEG 5 05/7. Aten Ung oc ee: 1858 
No Session 
Se RMeMBET ARTERY, 8 co oer, 0c. tee 2 ag T8a8 
Robt. S. Gilmer, Mt. Airy. 
Pegeiat Bs POINTS PS oe cae eS -- 1859 
M. Shaw, Trinity College. 
A OMNMTEIUE WOME EI coe 6 OF od Fitna 3 Be SE 1860 
Thos. A. Ratliffe, Wentworth. 
Pp NAN UNITT ei. fo. 2) 2 yh aly Sos Sa oe 1860 
R. Faucette, Haywood. 
Teme PPnwA KEBWITUE. £2.26. Oo. sah eae Oct. 6, 1860 
N.S. Smith, Leakesville 
RpreeEROPESIETS: 10) is GARRET Oooo daeisee! 63s 5 SiS 1861 
Rey. G.- W. Ferrill, Tally Ho. 
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£6.) OWKPE Mls Oe cane o a 8% . 1862 
Reve Zw. Pnbctte, Sassafras Fork. 
AM WINSTONS! |.00 Woe hc er Oct. 4, 1862 
Thos. J. Wilson, Winston. 
48. MEBANEVILLE, . 2 ce eee 1868 
Maj. W. B. Lynch, Mebaneville. 
9: ELENDERSON: U2 20 25, 2. See eee Aug., 1868 
Dr. Jno. R. Hicks, Henderson. 
D0) BERING WOeD/4.-:: >. .. J... Nov 29, 13is 
A. G. Clapp, Gibsonelia 
Sil DURHAM: 424.255: SSS eee Dec. 31, 1871 
ID We ee Hughes, Durham. 
Assessments for the Presbyterial Fund. 

CHURCHES. Amt’s. CHURCHES. Am ’ts. 
Alamance, .../.....22.--.$16 |} Louisburg) soar: $— 
ASNEUOLD face «ieaine cles 2 dp Madison. .-) stance ee 18 
IBELREL ie ickc). oe ce oe ke 13) Mebaneville,. y2.)ssape 5 
Bethesda, toch .c.6000e0.0 20 f Milton; 2 eee eee 15 
Betbleher 2. ot pele lease 5 |!  MountvAiry.-. 32: -eeemee —_ 
Tal Ones sks ec cies oo ke 13 Murfreesboro; . 46 eee — 
Chapel perl err toil 8 || Newbern, ................ 20 
Cross Roads,.22......:... 15 "||- New Hopes asso eee 5 
DTham. Cee es cere cee = — Nutbush}.2ssce eee 12 
NOs Soa ee ee ewe 9 || Oak Billa eee 5 
LOG Wh etic ery ena eee, y= ee 9.1). Oakland;*.2¢ =o ence 3 
GONCVA,; oc5. Sachnnunecse as) 8 Te Oxtords. San eee ee eee 16 
Gaal een ee ee cee 15 ||. Bittsboro’,c-ccteeee eer 5) 
Grassy Creeks: icc. 25s 3 || Raleigh, .s5.2.aeeeeeeens 16 
(GTLENSDOTO™, «csc coasts cere 27 |) “Redhouse;...c. a eeeeee eee 5 
GGIAPT RY stir oss Cees ote os 2 Roxboro’; <2. 6abeeeeeoeee: 5 
Hawitelds, -.2.....0c..2... 21 .{] Shilohj.e sesso eee eee 15 
ELAVAY OOG 57s eis de yrictetlael-. is 3. |. Speedwell) a: -/scemeswrenvaae a 
RICTIOCTSONM scence cen choco 4: || ‘Spring: Woods peeeeeaseae 4 
Pip POM ce cee ete 3 || Stony Creek, -- seem neces 3 
BINS DORGio5; ses si oes oo 13) ||. Warrenton, o.eeeeeeeee a. — 
HOVE: Sms eae eel ele susie seteras! Gat Washingtony. . rete 10 
eakesville sg e0556. 5: 5.0)5e 3 |) Wentworth) ote cmeimerts ac 5 
Lexington.. Fevactcsciee AD: [|e Winston, 22 scien 4 
Gabe Rivers, 202... .2. e. 12 || Yanceyville, 2 eee 3 


hones Mills). 2... 3s — 


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IT! 
ROLL OF MINISTERS. 


ACCORDING TO AND WITH DATE OF ORDINATION, OR- 
DAINING PRESBYTERY. PRESENT CHARGE, &c. | 


1. Ropert BURWELL, ..... sietaentne Ns 2 Raleigh. 
(West Hanover, 1830; Principal of Peace Institute.) 
SHeorey W. WERRILES 2... 095 23. Tally Ho. 
(Orange, Nov. 5, 1831; Geneva and Horeb S. 8.) 
Bee ACY. Dre oo. see Soak. Raleigh. 


(East Hanover, March, 1332; Haywood, Pittsboro’. 
Oakland, Durham 5S. 8.) 


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4, EDWARD HINES,....... .... Sassafras Fork. 
(Orange, May 28, 1842; Shiloh P. and Nutbush S. S.) 
EE DOL Tie oii etn oe Ae ay Yanceyville. 
(Orange, July 8, 1843; Yanceyville and Bethesda, P.) 

6. ANDERSON G. HUGHES: ....,...- Mebaneville. 
(Orange, Oct. 21, 1843; Hawfields and Cross Roads, P.) 
= Josmen M: ATKINSON, ..... <2... Raleigh, 

(Winchester, Spring 1845; Raleigh, P.) 
Sevan CHIBALD CURRIE, 2:5. 22... ... Graham 
(Orange, Aug. 30, 1846; Graham P.) 
Se teNnny omer 1D) 1). 2. J: . Greensboro’. 
(West Hanover, July 31, 1847; Greensboro’, P.) 
102 52 ADDISON STANFIELD, .... 6... »..:Milton. 
(Orange, Dec. 8, 1848; Redhouse, S. S.) 
Pi Eeqasant EH DALTON, ..<. 2% - Washington. 


(Concord, Dec. 1849; Washington, P.) 


12)P27DINSD RY, P ENTOK. 5) ee . ..-Mebaneville. 
(Concord, Noy. 8, 1350; Mebanevile, P.) 

13. Tuomas U. Faucettge,.  ... Sassafras Fork. 

(Orange, July 10, 1852; Little River, Eno, and New Hope, S. 8.) 

14, Witi1M B. TIpBALy,./. ....... Greensboro. 


(Western Texas, 1854; Alamance, P.; Asheboro’, and 
High Point, S. 8.) 


Hinry 6 PRAPT 22. ... Barranquilla, S. A. 


(Cherokee, Sept. 27, 1855; For. Miss. U.S. of Colom- 
bia, So. Am.) 


16. HpHRaise H. EUARDING. °2.5 7 9. eee Milton. 
(Orange, July 16, 1859; Milton, BL S.) 

17. Frontis H. JOHNSTON, .... . Lexington. 
(Orange, July 30, 1859; Lexington, 12, ‘and Winston, S. 8.) 
18> DonALp HE. JORDAN;.. cee ee Oxford. 
(Orange, Dec. 4, 1859; Oxford, P.) 

197 ACHTLAN ©. “NASS, 17.2 - ; . Newbern. 
(West Hanover. April 19, 1861; Newbern, 124) 

20. JAMES C. ALEXANDER, . Greensboro’. 
(Orange, July 20, 1861; Buffalo, and Bethel, iP) 
el, CaALVEN N. Morrow, 204.0)! 322) see Oaks, 


(Orange, April 13, 1862; Bethlehem, S. 8.) 
22. CHARLES Puiuuips, D. D., . Davidson College. 
(Orange, April 14, 1866; Prof. Math. Davidson College.) 


23. CALVIN H. WILkEy, ...:.....Jdonesboro’, Tenn. 
(Orange, April 14, 1866; Agt. Am. Bible Soc., East Tenn.) 
24... WiILLtAM ©. Smite, - 2.2" 7 eee 
(Orange, Oct. TE 1871.) 
JOHN. W. PRIMROSE, .. .425. Se Manson. 


(Orange. April 8, 1872; Ev angelist in n Eastern Field.) 


CHARLES M. PAYNE. -.... >.) SR a eaeae 
(Licentiate, and P. E. Ass’t Evangelist.) 


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Ly 
PERMANENT OFFICEFS. 


I. STATED CLERK. 

feevinAcos DOLL... . .. 60.2... - .... Yanceyville. 
Il. TREASURER. 

Maeeense 1H. LINpsay,.-:.-...-..--.- Greensboro’. 


NG 
PERMANENT COMMITTEES. 


|. Examination of Candidates. (See Rule 25.) 


First Committee.—Messrs. Hughes, Morrow, Fer- 
rill and W. C. Smith. 

Second Committee.—Mersrs. Jordan, Alexander 
and Faucette. 

Third Comittee —Messrs Stanfield, Currie and 
Dalton. 

Fourth Committet.— Messrs. Phillips, Lacy, Dal- 
ton and Alexander. 

Fifth Committee.—Messrs. Vass, Stanfield, At- 
kinson and Harding. 

Sizth Committee —Messrs J. H. Smith, Doll, 
Johnston, and Penick. 

Seventh Committee—Messrs, Atkinson. Hines and 


Primrose 
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Eighth Committee —Messrs. Stanfield, Cnrrie, 
Tidball and Burwell. 


2. Executive Committee of Education. 
Rev. Edward Hines, Chm’n, ..... Sassafras Fork. 


vale 
AGENTS AND TRUSTEES. 


I. SUSTENTATION. 


Rev. James C. Alexander, .... ... . Greensboro’. 
Il. FOREIGN MISSIONS. 
Rev: FE. H. Johnston,..... 2a Lexington. 
Ill. PUBLICATION. 
Rev. J.-H. Smith, D. D.,........ -. “Greenstare? 
IV. SABBATH SCHOOLS. 
Rew... 14. 15. Vase 22s. i) ae _. Newbern. 


Trustees of Davidson College. 
1. Dr..Jno: EH Williamson: -2 ... Locust Hill. 
{Elected in 1871 to serve four years.) 


2.. Rev. D. E. Jordan,:.. ........ |. gee 


(Elected in 1871 to serve three years.) 


SP Rey. J A Doll: eee st te eee ... Yanceyville. 


(Elected in 1871 to serve two years.) 


H GW DO ee 


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Trustees of the Presbytery. 


. Mr. Jesse H. Lindsay, Chm’n,... . Greensboro’. 
meee s irving Seales, 2... .... 2. ..-- Greensboro’. 
omceohn Eb. Dillard, ) 52... 222).... Greensboro’ . 
re foun H Welborn,..:....2:..~.2 Lexington. 
fir Thos. Webb, .....:.-- _. .... Hillsbore’. 
Evangelists of the Presbytery. 
. Rev. Jno. W. Primrose,..... .......Manson. 
nas) MM. Payne, Ass’t;°... .... 2-. Mt. Ary 
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welt: 


f CCKET OF BUSINESS. 


1. Prayer. 
2. Roll Call. 
3. Moderator and Clerks chosen. 
4. Minutes of last session read. 
5. Excuses of absentees. 
1. From the last meeting. 
2. From the present meeting. 
6. Make an order of the day for the Free Con- 


versation. 


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7. Appoint the following temporary committees: 
A.—AT THE SPRING MEETING. (See Rule 32.) 

On Narrative to the General Assembly. 

On Evangelistic Labor. 

On Systematic Benevolence. 

On Minutes of the Synod. 

On Sessional Records. (Two Commit- 
tees. Rule 32.) 

6. On Treasurer’s Account. 


oF wwe 


B.—AT THE FALL MEETING. 
1. On Narrative to the Synod. 
2. On Systematic Benevolence. (Two re 
ports. Rules 30 and 31.) 


3. On Minutes of General Assembly. 

8. Appoint one Ruling Elder on each of the 
standing committees to examine candidates 

9. Are there any new candidates ? 

10. Are there any candidates to be examined? 

11. Are there are calls or dismissions ? 

12. Devotional Exercises on second day at 10 
o’clock. 

13 Reports of 

A.—SESSIONS. 


1. On support of the poor. (Rule 7.) 
2. On payment of traveling expenses. 
- (Rule 8.) 


3. 


4. 


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On payment of quota to the Evangelist 
Fund. (Rule 18.) 

Call on Sessions delinquent in payment 
of the Presbyterial assessment. 

Call on Sessions delinquent in payment 
of salary of pastor or stated supply. 


B.—PERMANENT COMMITTEES, AGENTS, &c. 


£: 


ieee ot Te OS 00 


a 
w wor Oo 6 


Agent of Sustentation. 


. Evangelists. 
. Executive Committee of Education. 


Agent of Publication. (Fall.) 

Agent of Foreign Missions. (Fall.) 
Agent of Sabbath Schools. (Spring.) 
Treasurer. (Spring.) 

Trustees of Davidson College. (Fall.) 


. Trustees of Presbytery. 

. Licentiates. 

. Supplies appointed at last meeting. 

. Commissio’rs to the Gen. As’mbly.(Fall) 
. The several committees on examination 


of candidates. 
C.—TEMPORARY COMMITTEES. 


. At Spring meeting on Narrative; Evan- 


gelistic Labor; Systematic Benevo- 
lence; Minutes of Synod; Sessional 
Records; and Treasurer’s Account. 


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2. At Fall meeting on Narrative, System- 
atic Benevolence, and Minutes of 
General Assembly. 
14. Appoint Agent of Sustentation. (Spring.) 
15. Read Historical Sketches of churches. 
(Rule 41.) 
16. Appoint five persons to write Historical 
Sketches. 
17. Nominate Commissioners to General Assem- 
bly. (Spring. See Rule 58.) 
18. Elect Commissioners to General Assembly. 
(Spring. ) 
19. Time and place of next meeting 
20. At Fall meeting adjourn to meet at place 
where Synod meets, during the sessions of that 
body at the call of the moderator. 
21. Close with singing, prayer, and benediction. 


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